I have arrived in the beach area of Cambodia.... WOW how nice is it here??? The beaches are just gorgeous. I am staying at "Chez Paou" at Otres Beach ... great location right on the beach and wonderful staff and food and it is far enough away from the madness of Sihanoukville ... very quiet and secluded. I have walked up to S'ville to use the internet and ít is tourist mecca here.
I have rented a cute little bungalow right on the beach ... no electricity except for a few hours at night but it is 5 metres to the water and 3 metres to the bar and 2 metres to the very comfy sunlounge. But I am determined not to sit on my butt for 3 days and drink $1 beers and $3 cocktails so today I am out walking and tomorrow I plan to do a day tour to the islands and the next day well maybe I will sit on my butt and drink beer all day ... a girl needs a break .. this holidaying is very exhausting!
Within 3 hrs of arriving yesterday I'd bought 5 bracelets, 2 fish things, had a pedicure, manicure, threading on my top lip and a massage... phew!! They just don't take NO for an answer... :)) The kids get moody when you won't buy anything off them but you just bought off their friend ... so what do you do but they are so cute! One little boy showed me how to make the threaded bracelets and the other kids said that I could start making them and sell them on the beach with them :)) It is very tempting!
I saw a lobster lady today .... think I will give it a miss as the lobsters are sitting out in the sun all day .... don't think so but I did have some local prawns last night for dinner done in a tempura batter ... yum!
Going back to Battambang .... I did a 4 hour motorbike tour of the surrounding area and walked up to a temple & killing caves and did the bamboo train. My moto driver was a very nice young bloke named Visal and his english was perfect. A young boy (14) guided me to the temple and the caves. I met 4 young monks at the temple who wanted to practise their english with me and they took photos of me with them and I took photos of them with me and then they wanted to take me down this path to show me something?? Not sure but didn't go!
The Bamboo train was a hoot .... cost me $10 but worth it ... the single line is as rough as and it goes really fast and you are just sitting on this bamboo platform. When we met another bamboo train going the other way my bamboo train had to be dismantled and taken off the tracks (as we had less load) to let the other bamboo train past and then mine was put on the track again and off we went. They use it to transport goods from one village to the next ... it's not just a joy ride for the tourists :))
My trip in Cambodia is nearly at and end.... back to PP on the 13th and will get the boat to Chau Doc, Vietnam on the 14th for 3 weeks in Vietnam.
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